Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born May 23, 1931
Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman, May 23, 1931) is an American actress of film, stage and television. She is also an accomplished author. Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stoller in Breaking Away, which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the television series based on the film. On television she is perhaps best known for her portrayal, between 1975 and 1978, of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom Barney Miller. Barrie also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company.
MovieThings Like This
2025
as Portia Anthony
MovieThe Magnificent Meyersons
2023
as Celeste
MovieKeeping Company with Sondheim
2022
as Self
MovieSignificant Other
2020
as Helene Berman
MovieAbove All Things
2018
as Maggie
MovieSix by Sondheim
2013
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHarvest
2011
as Yetta Monopoli
MovieTwelve Thirty
2011
as Eve
MovieThe Six Wives of Henry Lefay
2009
as Mae
TVNurse Jackie
2009
as Libby Sussman
MovieFrame Of Mind
2009
as Thelma
TVPushing Daisies
2007
as Mamma Jacobs
TVArmy Wives
2007
as Virginia
MovieFathers and Sons
2005
as Ruth
MovieSecond Best
2004
as Dorothea
TVDead Like Me
2003
as Phyllis
MovieJudy Berlin
1999
as Sue Berlin
TVOnce and Again
1999
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Paula Haggerty
Movie30 Days
1999
as Barbara Trainer
Movie$pent
1999
as Mrs. Walsh
MovieA Chance of Snow
1998
as Ruth Pulmer
TVHercules
1998
as Alcmene (voice)
MovieHercules
1997
as Alcmene (voice)
TVSuddenly Susan
1996
as Helen 'Nana' Keane
TVScarlett
1994
as Pauline Robillard
MovieMy Breast
1994
as Milly
MovieThe Odd Couple: Together Again
1993
as Gloria Unger
First Impressions
1992
as Anne Charney
TVThe Commish
1991
as Ann Palmer
MovieUFO Cafe
1990
as Delores
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Mrs. Bream
MovieKojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
as Dora Mattingly
MovieMy First Love
1988
as Ruth Waxman
MovieWinnie
1988
as Mrs. Drake
MovieAfter the Rain
1988
as Rachel Bonner
TVthirtysomething
1987
MovieReal Men
1987
as Mom Pirandello
MovieEnd of the Line
1987
as Jean Haney
TVI'll Take Manhattan
1987
as Sarah Amberville
Vital Signs
1986
as Frances
TVLovejoy
1986
as Miss Lillian
MovieThe Execution
1985
as Sophie Langbein
TVDouble Trouble
1984
as Margo Foster
TVKate & Allie
1984
TVReggie
1983
as Elizabeth Potter
MovieTwo of a Kind
1982
as Dottie Minor
TVTucker's Witch
1982
as Ellen Hobbes
MovieNot Just Another Affair
1982
as Martha Dawson
TVFamily Ties
1982
as Aunt Rosemary
MovieWorking
1982
as Schoolteacher
MovieBarefoot In the Park
1982
as Mrs. Banks
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Schoolteacher
MovieThe Children Nobody Wanted
1981
as Hanna
TVBreaking Away
1980
as Evelyn Stohler
MoviePrivate Benjamin
1980
as Harriet Benjamin
MovieTo Race the Wind
1980
as Mrs. Krents
MovieBreaking Away
1979
as Evelyn Stoller
MovieThe Bell Jar
1979
as Jay Cee
TVRoots: The Next Generations
1979
as Dodie Brattle
TVBackstairs at the White House
1979
as Mamie Eisenhower
MovieSummer of My German Soldier
1978
as Mrs. Bergen
MovieChild of Glass
1978
as Emily Armsworth
MovieTell Me My Name
1977
as Emily McPhail
TV79 Park Avenue
1977
as Kaati Fludjicki
TVLou Grant
1977
TVBronk
1975
TVBarney Miller
1975
as Elizabeth Miller
MovieFor the Use of the Hall
1975
as Charlotte
Diana
1973
as Norma Brodnik
MovieTo Be Young, Gifted and Black
1972
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
as Emily Church
MovieThe Rank and File
1971
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Self
MovieOriginal Cast Album: Company
1970
as Self / Sarah
TVThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Judith Chandler
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVIronside
1967
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Gale Frazer
MovieOne Potato, Two Potato
1964
as Julie Cullen Richards
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Laurel Catlan
TVMr. Novak
1963
as Mary Smith
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Aiemee Rennick
MovieThe Caretakers
1963
as Edna
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Jane Waterleigh
TVThe Virginian
1962
as Ellen Beecher
TVBen Casey
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Peggy Farrow
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Fran Helber
TVKraft Mystery Theatre
1961
TVRoute 66
1960
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Myra Russell
TVRawhide
1959
as Liz Harmon
TVNaked City
1958
as Rosalind Faber
TVDecoy
1957
as Anne
MovieGiant
1956
as Mary Lou Decker
Playwrights '56
1955
TVThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Emily Armsworth
Love of Life
1951
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Maggie Correll
TVKraft Television Theatre
1947
